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Title: Low-energy elastic electron interactions with pyrimidine

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 (Australia)
  2. Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia (Australia)
  3. A A Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
  4. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 113-bis, ES-28006 Madrid (Spain)
  5. Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ES-28040 Madrid (Spain)

We present results of measurements and calculations of elastic electron scattering from pyrimidine in the energy range 3-50 eV. Absolute differential and integral elastic cross sections have been measured using a crossed electron-molecule beam spectrometer and the relative flow technique. The measured cross sections are compared with results of calculations using the well-known Schwinger variational technique and an independent-atom model. Agreement between the measured differential cross sections and the results of the Schwinger calculations is good at lower energies but less satisfactory at higher energies where inelastic channels that should be open are kept closed in the calculations.

OSTI ID:
22095609
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English